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  2. Burial in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    Burial in Anglo-Saxon England refers to the grave and burial customs followed by the Anglo-Saxons between the mid 5th and 11th centuries CE in Early Mediaeval England.The variation of the practice performed by the Anglo-Saxon peoples during this period, [1] included the use of both cremation and inhumation.

  3. Burial - Wikipedia

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    During the Early Middle Ages, the reopening of graves and manipulation of the corpses or artifacts contained within them was a widespread phenomenon and a common part of the life course of early medieval cemeteries across Western and Central Europe. [8]

  4. Bed burial - Wikipedia

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    A bed burial is a type of burial in which the deceased person is buried in the ground, lying upon a bed. It is a burial custom that is particularly associated with high-status women during the early Anglo-Saxon period (7th century), although excavated examples of bed burials are comparatively rare.

  5. Pauper's funeral - Wikipedia

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    According to Laquer, pauper's funerals were seen at the time as a sign of failure, being a source of worry for the poor and degrading to their survivors. [4] He states that while the poor had been buried at the expense of the local parish since at least the 1500s, pauper's funerals first became stigmatized between about 1750 and 1850, as social standing began to depend on acquired attributes ...

  6. Christian burial - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the Middle Ages the guilds to a very large extent were burial confraternities; at any rate the seemly carrying out of the funeral rites at the death of any of their members together with a provision of Masses for his soul form an almost invariable feature in the constitutions of such guilds. [3]

  7. England in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    England in the Middle Ages concerns the history of England during the medieval period, from the end of the 5th century through to the start of the early modern period in 1485. When England emerged from the collapse of the Roman Empire, the economy was in tatters and many of the towns abandoned. After several centuries of Germanic immigration ...

  8. 18 quirky British Christmas traditions that probably confuse ...

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    Here are 18 British Christmas traditions that might surprise you. Pantomimes, or "pantos," are plays performed around Christmastime in the UK. Pantomime dames playing the role of the Ugly Sisters ...

  9. History of the British Isles - Wikipedia

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    Britain in the Middle Ages (597–1485) Anglo-Saxon England (597–1066) Scotland in the Early Middle Ages (400–900) Scotland in the High Middle Ages (900–1286) Norman Conquest (1066) Scotland in the Late Middle Ages (1286–1513) Wars of Scottish Independence (1296–1357) Wales in the Middle Ages (411-1542) Early modern Britain. Tudor ...